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DISABILITY RIGHTS
Babcock v. State of Michigan

2:22-cv-12951 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Filed Date: Dec. 6, 2022

Closed Date: Nov. 10, 2025

This is a case about disability accommodations in government buildings in Michigan.  On December 6, 2022, the plaintiffs, three women that rely on disability-accessible, barrier-free buildings and restrooms, filed this suit in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Michigan. They alleged that several government buildings were not accessible and in violation of both state and federal law. The plaintiffs brought their suit under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 …

Settled: Case Closed

PRISON CONDITIONS
Handberry v. Thompson

1:96-06161 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: Aug. 14, 1996

Case Ongoing

On August 14, 1996, eleven inmates between the ages of 16 and 21 at Rikers Island filed a class action lawsuit in the District Court for the Southern District of New York under 42 U.S.C.§ 1983 alleging that the New York City Department of Corrections, the New York City Board of Education, and the New York State Department of Education had not provided them with educational services they were entitled to under federal and state law. Plaintiffs were represented by the Prisoners' Rights Project of…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Hutchinson v. Patrick

3:07-cv-30084 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: May 17, 2007

Closed Date: Sept. 23, 2021

On May 17, 2007, Medicaid-eligible individuals with acquired brain injuries qualifying for long-term care services in nursing or rehabilitation facilities and the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts filed this class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated. The plaintiffs sued Massachusetts under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (42 U.S.C. § 12132 et seq.), Section 504 of the Reh…
SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Coppedge v. Franklin County Board of Education

5:65-cv-01796 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Filed Date: Dec. 8, 1965

Case Ongoing

On December 8, 1965, the plaintiffs filed this school desegregation suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The plaintiffs, a group of African-American schoolchildren, brought suit against the defendant Franklin County Board of Education to enjoin the operation of a segregated school system. They were represented by, among others, Jack Greenberg and Derrick A. Bell (for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund). The United States intervened as a plaintiff on January 20, …
ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
United States v. State of Mississippi

62-03312 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: 1962

Closed Date: May 7, 1966

District Court Decision (229 F. Supp. 925, March 6, 1964) This is a case about Mississippi’s voter registration laws that prevented Black citizens from voting. The United States, through the Attorney General, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division, against the State of Mississippi, the three members of the Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners, and six county Registrars of Voters. The complaint alleged that the defend…
NATIONAL SECURITY
Fazaga v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

8:11-cv-00301 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 22, 2011

Case Ongoing

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) requires the government to obtain a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) before it may conduct any domestic electronic surveillance to acquire foreign intelligence information. The warrant applications are made ex parte and must include a sworn statement by a federal officer of the facts and circumstances relied upon to justify the government's belief that the target of surveillance is a foreign power or an agent of a f…

Case Is Ongoing

Reversed

NATIONAL SECURITY
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice

1:18-cv-01854 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 7, 2018

Closed Date: Dec. 5, 2022

This case is related to the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse's coverage of the Carter Page Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants. For more information on litigation to disclose the warrants that inspired this case, please see this link. For a summary of the warrants and information on ongoing efforts by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to protect the confidential information in them, see this link. The FISA requires the government to obtain a warrant from…

Settled: Case Closed

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Southern Utah Drag Stars v. City of St. George

4:23-cv-00044 | U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Filed Date: May 23, 2023

Case Ongoing

On May 23, 2023, the Southern Utah Drag Stars, an LLC that hosts LGBTQ+ events, and its CEO, sued the City of St. George, Utah, after the City denied the organization a special events permit for a family-friendly drag show. Plaintiffs alleged violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments as well as the Utah State Constitution. In particular, they claimed that the City's denial of their special events permit, and subsequent six-month moratorium on such permits and ban on advertising unapprov…

Complaint

Southern Utah Drag Stars v. City of St. George

May 23, 2023

Memorandum Decision and Order Granting Preliminary Injunction

Southern Utah Drag Stars v. City of St. George

June 16, 2023

Defendants City Council Of St. George, Councilmembers Jimmie Hughes, Danielle Larkin, Natalie Larsen, Gregg Mcarthur, And Michelle Tanner; Mayor Michele Randall; And City Manager John Willis’s Motion For Judgment On The Pleadings

Southern Utah Drag Stars LLC. et al. v. City of St. George et al.

July 25, 2023

Defendants’ Motion For Partial Summary Judgment On Plaintiffs’ Claims For Injunctive And Declaratory Relief

Southern Utah Drag Stars LLC. et al.v. City of St. George et al.

Dec. 14, 2023

Memorandum Decision And Order Granting In Part And Denying Part Motion For Judgment On The Pleadings

Southern Utah Drag Stars LLC. et al.v. City of St. George et al.

Feb. 27, 2024

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Settled: Implementation Ongoing

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
State of California v. Trump

1:25-cv-10810 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

Case Ongoing

This case challenged President Trump’s March 25, 2025 Executive Order 14248, which imposed various requirements on federal elections.  On April 3, 2025, nineteen states filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, naming President Donald Trump, the U.S. Attorney General, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and its director and commissioners, and the Secretary of Defense as Defendants. Plaintiffs challenged multiple sections of the Executive…

Preliminary Injunction Granted

Appeal Pending

ELECTION/VOTING RIGHTS
Bard v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

24-CVS-003534-910 | North Carolina state trial court

Filed Date: Jan. 31, 2024

Case Ongoing

Plaintiffs are eleven North Carolina voters. The Defendants are the North Carolina State Board of Elections and its members in their official capacities (the "BOE Defendants"), the President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate, and the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, also in their official capacities (the "Legislative Defendants").  The action was filed in the General Court of Justice, Superior Court Division, Wake County, which requires a three-judge panel for case…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)

Appeal Pending